Shakespeare said, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” And our guest, Flynn Cochran, is definitely someone who achieved greatness (although he was born with a great name).
Flynn is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, a former McKinsey & Co. Engagement Manager, and a graduate of Harvard Business School. Today he is the Chief Strategy Officer at Echelon Front, where he shares the exceptional leadership experience and insight he learned from both the SEAL Teams and business world. He had the benefit of experiencing leadership lessons from the likes of Leif Babin and Jocko Willink (a previous guest on the show: Ep. 25 – Navy SEAL & Leadership Expert Jocko Willink: Taking Extreme Ownership), and he saw the power of Extreme Ownership firsthand.
When I look back at Flynn’s impressive resume, I see a throughline of intensity, from football to ROTC to the Navy SEALS to Harvard to Echelon Front. So I wanted to know, what drives this?
In many ways, it goes back to growing up as the sixth of eight kids. Growing up in a large family taught Flynn two huge lessons: you have to do something exceptional to get attention, be it good or bad, and everything is better as a team.
“Individual achievements are just that – individual. They don’t bring up the rest of the team.”
Think of the business world today, where disengagement is rising and, ultimately, costing industry $500B annually. If that had happened in the SEAL Teams, missions would fail and lives would be lost – but they didn’t show up disengaged because they knew what was at stake.
This is an element missing in business today, as well as in our own individual lives; we don’t have a clear idea of what’s at stake, what matters, and why we should take action on it.
Flynn warns us that it certainly isn’t easy to create an organization where everyone believes in a single, unified Why, but what worth doing is ever easy?
Going back to the idea of team unity, as opposed to the pursuit of individual achievement, is a great place to start. Building meaningful relationships with the people around you will allow you to stay more engaged because you care about how your work impacts them, and the same lesson can be applied to your life at home.
Again, everything is better as a team – and all great teams need an exceptional leader.
“Leaders who take the blinders off take their organizations to heights they haven’t seen, and they realize that their influence, their actions, can have a massive impact on where it goes.”
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Resources:
Learn more at echelonfront.com Connect with Flynn: Facebook |Ep. 95 - The Story Behind Hint Water’s Sweet Success (& How They’re Disrupting Big Bev) - with Kara Goldin
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Ep. 93 - The Power of Play, Praise, & Purpose in Thriving Entrepreneurial Relationships - with Kelly Clements
Ep. 92 - The #1 Impact Moment of 2017: Make the #5SecondRule Your Resolution - with Mel Robbins
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Ep. 90 - Tap Your Creative Mind to Thrive in Any Environment
Ep. 89 - Positivity, Consistency, & Opportunity - with Lauren Mayhew
Ep. 88 - Making a Necessary Change: Digital Marketer to EntreprenArtist - with Blake Jamieson
Ep. 87 - Sound Impact: How Music Changes, Heals, & Unites - with Rebecca Jackson
Ep. 86 - Developing a Warrior’s Heart
Ep. 85 - Lessons Learned at 45,000 Feet: The 1st Female F-14 Fighter Pilot - with Carey Lohrenz
Ep. 84 - A Warrior’s Grit: Forging (and Reforging) a Navy SEAL Leader - with Jason Redman
Ep. 83 - Overcoming Trauma & Finding Meaning in Suffering - with Josh Mantz
Ep. 82 - Revealing the Beauty of a Darker Soul - with Josh Mantz
Ep. 81 - The Power of Belief: Small Shifts & Massive Change
Ep. 80 - Self-Awareness: The Key to Personal & Professional Growth - with Julie Scher
Ep. 79 - Transform Your Life with the #5SecondRule - with Mel Robbins
Ep. 78 - Belief & The Power of Words - with Kevin Hall
Ep. 77 - Restoring Self-Belief - with Colby Jubenville
Ep. 76 - Learn to Express Your True Potential - with Tom Bilyeu
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